ANNOUNCE CFC: Handbook of Corporate Sustainability (SD6661)

Tue Oct 23 03:21:30 CDT 2007

Posted by  "Mohammed Quaddus" <Mohammed.Quaddus at gsb.curtin.edu.au>

Dear Colleagues,

See below call for chapters for the above book to be published by Edward
Elgar (UK). This will be a sequel to our earlier book published by
Edward Elgar: 

Handbook of Sustainable Development Planning: Studies in Modelling and 
Decision Support (Elgar Original Reference) (Hardcover)
by M. A. Quaddus (Editor), Muhammed Abu B. Siddique (Editor)

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CALL FOR CHAPTERS

M A Quaddus and M A B Siddique (Eds), (2008), The Handbook of Corporate
Sustainability: Frameworks, Strategies and Tools, Edward Elgar
Publishers (Cheltenham, UK; Northamton, MA, USA).

We are pleased to announce that Edwad Elgar Publishers will publish the
above book.

THE SCOPE OF THE BOOK

The purpose of this book is to examine the current status and future
directions of model based applications in Corporate Sustainability and
related planning processes. In doing so the book will also evaluate the
nature and significance of changes in the dimensions of corporate
sustainability and related model based applications during the last
decade of the twentieth century; and the emerging trends and challenges
in the applications of model based systems in decision making process
for corporate sustainability in the first quarter of the twenty-first
century. Our definition of 'model' is quite broad, which might include
both 'hard' and 'soft' approaches and may be composed of various
'frameworks', 'strategies' and 'tools'. But we are primarily interested
in the use of these model-based systems in decision-making
activities/phases of corporate sustainability planning process. 

The special feature of the book is that it will draw on the perspectives
of a number of distinguished scholars whose main area of research has
been in the areas of (a) the dimensions of corporate sustainability and
(b) the application of model based systems in the planning process for
corporate sustainability. Corporate Sustainability has been defined in
many ways. It "encompasses strategies and practices that aim to meet the
needs of stakeholders today while seeking to protect, support and
enhance the human and natural resources that will be needed in the
future" (http://www.environment.gov.au/settlements/industry/corporate/).

The three significant dimensions of corporate sustainability include:
ecological, social and economic. Within each of these dimensions however
there are enormous variations in understanding, interpretations and
approaches. With the gradual extension of the complexities of Corporate
Sustainability (CS) over the years, corporate planners and policy makers
have increasingly faced problems of finding an appropriate approach to
plan for the corporate sustainability of their organizations. Given the
multi-dimensional nature of the concept, it is not unusual that no
single model would be good enough to plan the 'sustainability' of a
corporation. It all depends on how the planners or policy makers
understand and interpret the concept of CS, and on the nature of
planning mechanism (i.e. the degree of market intervention) prevalent in
a country. The bottom line however is that organizations of the 21st
century must attain the dimensions of corporate sustainability
effectively and become more competitive at the same time. 

The issues surrounding corporate sustainability have got prominence
after the Kyoto protocol in 1997. The signatory nations of the Kyoto
protocol are required to assign mandatory emission limitations for the
reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, which ultimately comes to the
corporate levels of each nation for appropriate actions. This however
addresses only one dimension of corporate sustainability. 

With the debate on climate change and the publication of Stern Review
Report (www.sternreview.org.uk <http://www.sternreview.org.uk/> ) the
concept of CS has included the dimension of climate change on Corporate
Sustainability firmly. To combat climate change a decisive and sustained
action is needed on the part of organizations in collaboration with the
Government and consumers. The concept of supply chain thus comes into
the picture as organizations must be careful in developing corporate
level sustainability strategies in managing their entire supply chain
with respect to CS. 

With the debates on Kyoto protocol and the Stern review report
systematic concepts, strategies, and frameworks are needed for the
organizations of 21st century to achieve corporate sustainability.
Although fragmented applications of various systems and tools in
corporate sustainability have appeared in the literature, we strongly
believe that many more applications of frameworks, strategies and tools
in corporate sustainability have been made which have not been reported
in the literature. The time is now right to publish a book with the
contributions from the scholars of the experience and caliber of those
who have dedicated their research efforts in the field of corporate
sustainability. 

THE PLAN OF THE BOOK

The book will be organized in three main parts. Part I will evaluate the
nature and significance of changes in the dimensions of corporate
sustainability and related model based systems during the last decade of
the twentieth century. Chapters in Part 2 of the book will deal with
case studies and applications of model based systems in corporate
sustainability planning process in light of the debates on climate
change and the need for addressing the entire supply chain of the
organizations in the following areas:

(1) Transport, (2) Fisheries, (3) Agriculture, (4) Water resources, (5)
Tourism, (6) Service industries, (7) Telecommunications, (8) Mining, and
others. 

The concluding part of the book will foreshadow emerging trends and
challenges in the application of model based systems in the planning
process for corporate sustainability in the first quarter of the
twenty-first century.

As editors of the book, we now invite proposals for contributing
chapters in the book on topics that will satisfy the scope and plan of
the book.

FORMAT OF PROPOSAL

Please submit a proposal (about 3 pages double spaced) that should
contain: chapter title, objectives of the chapter, outline of the
chapter, and theoretical and practical contributions of the chapter
proposed. Proposals should be formatted and submitted as a Word
document. 

DEADLINE FOR PROPOSAL

November 20, 2007. 

NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE

December 14, 2007. 

DEADLINE FOR FULL CHAPTER

March 31, 2008. 

CAMERA READY COPY

All chapters will be peer-reviewed for rigor and quality. Authors of the
chapters need to prepare the final versions based on referees' reports
and editors' comments. Revised camera-ready copy (following the
guidelines of Edward Elgar Publishers to be provided later on) should be
submitted by May 31, 2008. 

Please send your proposal to one of the following persons:

Dr Mohammed A Quaddus
Professor, Graduate School of Business, 
Curtin University of Technology, 
78 Murray Street, Perth, WA 6000, Australia. 
Telephone: 
International: + 61 8 9266 2862 (direct)
National: 08 9266 2862 (direct)
Facsimile:
International:  + 61 8 9266 3368
National: 08 9266 3368
E-mail: 
mohammed.quaddus at gsb.curtin.edu.au

Dr M A B Siddique
Director, Trade, Migration and Development Research Centre, 
UWA Business School, 
The University of Western Australia, 
35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009,
Australia
Telephone:
International: + 61 8 6488 2941 (direct)
National: 08 6488 2941
Fascimile:
International: + 61 8 6488 1016
National: 08 6488 1016
Email:
Abu.Siddique at uwa.edu.au
Posted by  "Mohammed Quaddus" <Mohammed.Quaddus at gsb.curtin.edu.au>
posting date  Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:30:44 +0800